Students will be able to: * Identify and compare the cultural characteristics of different regions and people (e.g., in terms of their use of environment and resources, technology, food, shelter, beliefs and customs, schooling, etc.).
* Explain and correctly use the elements of maps and globes.
* Use appropriate resources and geographic tools to generate and interpret information about the earth.
Essential Questions:
How should responsible world citizens deal with cultural differences?
What is the best way for social scientists to find out the information they want to know?
What can we learn from maps & globes?
Enduring Understandings:
A respectful world citizen recognizes and appreciates the differences and similarities in world cultures.
People are similar and unique.
Groups of people develop cultural characteristics.
Reading maps and globes can help us better understand the regions of the world.
Geographic location affects cultural characteristics.
We discover information through searching for answers to questions and looking in a variety of sources.
* Identify and compare the cultural characteristics of different regions and people (e.g., in terms of their use of environment and resources, technology, food, shelter, beliefs and customs, schooling, etc.).
* Explain and correctly use the elements of maps and globes.
* Use appropriate resources and geographic tools to generate and interpret information about the earth.
Essential Questions:
Enduring Understandings:
What is culture?
Cultural Characteristics Chart
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